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Creating space for women in public life

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July 5, 2023

Creating space for women in public life

Source: Monitor

Attending the National Security Symposium 2023 on ‘contemporary security challenges: the African Perspective’, changed my perspective of Rwanda and challenged my assumptions about the country. In a four-part series, I look at some specific areas where Rwanda seems to have done well, and the implications. Part three looks at women in public life.

I took a two-week break from the perspectives on Rwanda to mourn my aunt, the late Lady Justice Mary Stella Arach-Amoko of the Supreme Court of Uganda, who died on June 17. As I write this column, I am in Nebbi District to attend her burial. It is a great day to reflect on women in public life.

Click here to read the full article published by Monitor on 3 July 2023.

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Emilly C. Maractho

Attending the National Security Symposium 2023 on ‘contemporary security challenges: the African Perspective’, changed my perspective of Rwanda and challenged my assumptions about the country. In a four-part series, I look at some specific areas where Rwanda seems to have done well, and the implications. Part three looks at women in public life.

I took a two-week break from the perspectives on Rwanda to mourn my aunt, the late Lady Justice Mary Stella Arach-Amoko of the Supreme Court of Uganda, who died on June 17. As I write this column, I am in Nebbi District to attend her burial. It is a great day to reflect on women in public life.

Click here to read the full article published by Monitor on 3 July 2023.

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Emilly C. Maractho

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